PRODUCER/SOUND: BEN
DIRECTOR: TOM F
LOCATION PLANNER/RUNNER: LEIGH
EDITOR/CAMERA ASSISTANT: TASH
CAMERA: TOM P
WARDROBE/LIGHTING: ERIC
During our first team seminar there was a lot of good ideas being thrown into the hat but there was one in particular that we all agreed on. We decided to go away, have a think and meet up the following week. So, we got together again yesterday and discussed our idea further by this stage Eric had found us a female actor and Leigh had found us a location. We all had a look at the still images that Leigh had for us of a basement that she had found. The basement also had its own darkroom. Quickly we all agreed the location looked good and decided to go and view it as a group. The Location was PERFECT, a little small but more than manageable. Leigh also came across some strange photographs in the darkroom which opened the door to a whole load of new, fresh ideas. There was loads of ideas being thrown around and gradually we started to piece together our story. Tom P came up with an idea of a really nice credit sequence involving photo's but i'm not going to delve too much into that just yet. Moving onto the story............
Treatment - My Version
Malac is a story of depth and one in which the set unravels. Heartbreak and emotions run wild and spillover. The mental torture of ones past relationship becomes another ones physical torture. A dark twisted encounter, set in a unforgiving picture perfect basement reveals a hidden story.
My treatment may seem a little strange but my intention was to try and generate a level mystery to the film. Within the Treatment are a few hidden clues which reflect the way the story unfolds during the film.
Getting back on track, the idea of the story at the moment is that SHE is a strong, intelligent, seductive and powerful female who is in complete control of the situation. SHE was very much a normal human being but a relationship that turned sour and upsetting transformed her into the character she is today. SHE is no longer a person that can bare seeing anybody happy in a relationship and therefore decides to start destroying others. She collects photo's of happy couples who she then tracks down and performs a torturous act on one of the members of the couple. She eventually discovers that her next victim is actually the partner of her right hand man. This is a relationship she was previously not aware of until she got hold of the image. This forces the pair into a moment of discomfort and confession as SHE strikes again.
The story is a little tricky to explain in such a short time because there is clearly a lot of background to understand to make everything clear but our intentions are to use the set and props to explain this. It is often said that a picture can tell a 1000 words and that is just what we are attempting to achieve.
It's still not finalised but as you can see the ball is very much rolling...........watch this space!
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